Tailor&#39;s tape-measure.



I PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903 [-J. M. ADAMSON. TAILORS TAPE MEASURE.

APPLIUATION FILED HOV. 29, 1902.

30 MODEL.

LLLW iJNi'iED dishes Patented August 11, 1908.

PATENT @i i iilhli TAiLGFiS TAPE-EV3 EASU RE.

SIEGZFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,052, dated August11, 152103.

Application filed November 29, 190;. Serial No. 133,237. No model.)

. all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES M. ADAMSOms citizen of the United States,residing-ct the cityof Philadelphia, in the county of Philedelphis andState-of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Tailors TapeMessnres, of which the following is specification.

My invention has relation to a tapemeasore for use in tailoring, and insuch connection it relates to the construction and erreneement of such atape-measure.

iieretofore in tailoring considerable difficulty end eqnent inaccuracyhave arisen in the etiem t in measuring the ports of the M to he by thegarment by reason e f; one end of thetape d ioioe the portion from whichthe ent- Wes to be taken with one hand and the body of the tape thenextended with the other hand to the portion Where the measurement ended.In coat or waist fitting espcoieily the measurements across theshoulders, down. the back, and along the sleeves necessitated frequentchanges of the tape and consequent annoyance, inaccuracy, and theexpenditure of much time and labor. I

The principal object of my invention is to provide tape-measure adoptedat one end to he ii ettsched or detached to orfroni 95 means. The 11dscope of my invention Wiii. oe mo: rnliy nnderetood from thefollowingdescription, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof, in whici1-- Figure l is a fronteievationsl view of a portion of e tape-measure end of the festeriingmeans secured at one end thereof, said measure means embodying mainfeatures of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear eievetionel View thereof.Fig. 3 is side elevations! view, enlarged, of the measure with thefestoning means illustrated in section. Fig. is rear eicretionel view ofe modified form of my invention; and Fig. 5 is a side elevetionel viewshowing the fastening means of Fig. 4: separated from the tape andpartly sectioned.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drewings,ct represents a tape-measureprovided at or near one end with a. button 1), preferably passed throughthe tape and projecting from one face thereof. The fastening meanscomprises a. tab (Z, formed of e strip of flexible material, such asleather, doubled to encircle the body e oi? a. safety-pin or clasp e.The tsh (Z also carries a socketf, arranged to re ceive the buttonorstudb of the tape a. The

stud 1) turns loosely in the socketf, so es to permit the tape to swingWithin the socketf, with the stud h as the axis.

In Figs. 4 end 5 the construction of the tape (Lend stud or button I) isthe same as in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The fastening means, however, consistsof a spring-clip d, having one of its jaw members (Z elongated andformed with a, socket f, corresponding to the socket f and arranged toreceive the button b and to permit said button 12 to turn freelytherein. The other jew member (1 is bent or curved. to form a, meanswhereby the spring-clip (1 may, if desired, be grasped by the operatorduring the measuring operation.

In operation the safety-pin e or clip (1 is first secured at the pointfrom which the measurement is to be taken; and the tape a is thensecured either to the leather tab (5 or jew member 052, upon either ofwhich it be swung, the button Z) turning freciyin the socket orf' in apiano parallel with the face of'the garment to be measured. The measurea may be readily detached from the tab d or clip d without removing thefastening means from the garment, or both tape-mess are and fasteningmeans may he removed from the garment without disconnecting the tapefrom the fastening means, asoccasion requires.

Having thus described the nziturecnd ob ject of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A teiiorsmeasure comprising a tape harvm mama In testimony whereof I have hemuntoset mysiguamra in the presence 0f fiwomuhscl'iblug witnessw.

ing at 01- 'near one end a stud 01 button, a, i l

; J1 MES M, ADMMFBON.

fusheanin device, a, flexible tub 30 which mifii deviee is aomwcted,and. a maker; a-rl'zmgad in said tab and adaptsd to receive the @3115.m.- bu M2011 and to permit the tape 1,0 swing; free/1y in the same withthe stud or button-m an axis.

W i finesse-1s J. WALTER DOUGLAHE, THOMAS M. SMITH.

